compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting
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compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting
In a world of information overload, our epistemic anxiety is off the charts. We are constantly bombarded with so much information and misinformation, that our brains are losing the ability to sift through it.... See more
We are no longer able to parse the information we see, and thus, we default to our biases. We are aware of this, and that is why we want to li
How to live an intellectually rich life
Consumers try to make up for their laziness by gorging on new information—TV, podcasts, web searches, texts, e-mails, etc. But like a meal eaten too quickly, nothing is really digested.
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“There’s this thing about speed that feels great…. Part of why we feel absorbed in this is that it’s awesome, right? You get to feel that you are connected to the whole world, and you feel that anything that happens on the topic, you can find out about it and learn about it.” But we told ourselves we could have a massive expansion in the amount of
... See moreJohann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Ultimately you'll have to determine the info-diet that works for you. But if you insist on endlessly consuming whatever the web serves you, know that this banquet culminates in a bitter dessert: at the end of your life, when you're weighing your regrets, you probably won’t say “Man, I wish I’d spent more time browsing the web.” On the contrary, you... See more